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Indigenous people in Colombia constitute a mere three percent of the national population. Colombian indigenous communities' success in gaining collective control of almost thirty percent of the national territory is nothing short of extraordinary. In Managing Multiculturalism, Jean E. Jackson examines the evolution of the Colombian indigenous movement over the course of her forty-plus years of research and fieldwork, offering unusually developed and nuanced insight into how indigenous communities and activists changed over time, as well as how she the ethnographer and scholar evolved in turn. The story of how indigenous organizing began, found its voice, established alliances, and won battles against the government and the Catholic Church has important implications for the indigenous cause internationally and for understanding all manner of rights organizing. Integrating case studies with commentaries on the movement's development, Jackson explores the politicization and deployment of multiculturalism, indigenous identity, and neoliberalism, as well as changing conceptions of cultural value and authenticity—including issues such as patrimony, heritage, and ethnic tourism. Both ethnography and recent history of the Latin American indigenous movement, this works traces the ideas motivating indigenous movements in regional and global relief, and with unprecedented breadth and depth.
Indians of South America --- American aborigines --- American Indians --- Indigenous peoples --- Politics and government. --- Ethnology --- Indigeneity. --- authenticity. --- cultural representation. --- ethnographic methodology. --- ethnoracial identity. --- identity politics. --- indigenous movements. --- legal pluralism. --- recognition politics. --- reflexivity.
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Contemporary descriptions of objects no longer extant are examined here to reconstruct these lost treasures.
Archaeology, Medieval --- Lost articles --- England --- France --- Antiquities. --- Articles, Lost --- Lost objects --- Objects, Lost --- Personal belongings --- Treasure troves --- Antiquities, Medieval --- Medieval antiquities --- Medieval archaeology --- Medieval artefacts. --- art history. --- cultural representation. --- historical accounts. --- historical fragments. --- lost treasures. --- material culture. --- medieval Europe. --- reconstruction.
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This book analyses a corpus of epic and propagandistic texts written at the margins of the Spanish empire in the 16th century. It examines the representation of religious conflict in England, Germany and Holland during the reigns of Charles V and Philip II, centring on three episodes widely disseminated in European visual and emotional culture and around which certain foundational Spanish heroic narratives emerged: the martyrdom of the Carthusians and Jesuits in England; the Schmalkaldic War; and the siege of Antwerp. The volume considers the close relationships between epic and history; between epic and visual culture; and between Hispanic epic poetry and the history and religious cartography of Europe during the critical years in which the Anglican Church was evolvingand Lutheranism gaining strength in Germany.
Europe --- Religion --- Council of Europe countries --- Eastern Hemisphere --- Eurasia --- Epic poetry, Spanish --- Religion in literature. --- War --- History and criticism --- Religious aspects. --- History and criticism. --- LITERARY CRITICISM / European / Spanish & Portuguese. --- Anglicanism. --- Lutheranism. --- cultural representation. --- religious conflict. --- sixteenth-century Spanish epic poetry.
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The essays in this volume on images of scientific and technical civilization in the 19th and 20th centuries deal with approaches to the social constructions of a fascinating history of technology. They are a contribution to the establishment of the field of historical technology acceptance research at KIT. Particular attention is paid to the history of mobility.
Civilization. --- Cultural history. --- Cultural history --- Barbarism --- Civilisation --- Auxiliary sciences of history --- Culture --- World Decade for Cultural Development, 1988-1997 --- Kulturgeschichte der Technik Technik als soziale Konstruktion Technik in der kulturellen Repräsentation Bildinterpretationencultural history of technology iconic turn cultural representation of technology
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Museums in China have undergone tremendous transformations since they first appeared in the country in the late nineteenth century. Futuristic, state-of-the-art museums have today become symbols of China's global cultural, economic and technological prominence, and over the last two decades, the number of Chinese museums has increased at an unprecedented rate, with China set to become the country with the highest number of museums in the world. But why have museums become so important?
This book, based on extensive research in a number of the museums themselves, examines recent changes in their display methods, narratives, actors and architectural style. It also considers their representations of Chinese national identity, millenarian history and extraordinary cultural diversity. Through an analysis of the changes affecting not only what we observe through museums, but also the very medium of observation (i.e. museums themselves), this book provides a unique, original and timely exploration of the ongoing changes affecting Chinese society, and an evaluation of their consequences.
Dr Marzia Varutti is a post-doctoral fellow at the Centre for Museum Studies, Department of Culture Studies and Oriental Languages, University of Oslo.
Museums --- Museum techniques --- National characteristics, Chinese. --- History. --- Political aspects --- Chinese national characteristics --- Museology --- Public institutions --- Cabinets of curiosities --- Technique --- Applied museology --- Museography --- Museum practices --- Museum studies --- China. --- Chinese Cultural Politics. --- Chinese Museums. --- Chinese Society. --- Cultural Changes. --- Cultural Consequences. --- Cultural Diversity. --- Cultural Identity. --- Cultural Representation. --- Museum Development. --- Museums.
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How were Moroccan Muslim and Jewish cultures depicted in Spanish literature, journalism, and photography during the Rif War (1909-27) and what did this portrayal reveal about conflicting visions of Spanish identity?
Spanish literature --- Muslims in literature. --- Jews in literature. --- National characteristics, Spanish, in literature. --- Rif Revolt, 1909 --- History and criticism. --- Literature and the revolt. --- 1900-1999 --- Moroccan culture. --- Rif War. --- Spanish colonialism. --- Spanish identity. --- Spanish literature. --- Spanish-Moroccan relations. --- colonial power. --- cultural conflict. --- cultural identity. --- cultural influences. --- cultural portrayals. --- cultural representation.
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Explores the scope that there is for Indigenous curatorial agency in the relationship of Indigenous contemporary art with the 'art world'.
Art museums --- Art, Brazilian --- Collection management --- Brazilian art --- Art --- Art collections --- Art galleries --- Galleries, Art --- Galleries, Public art --- Picture-galleries --- Public art galleries --- Public galleries (Art museums) --- Arts facilities --- Museums --- Galleries and museums --- Brazilian art. --- Brazilian culture. --- Indigenous contemporary art. --- Indigenous curatorial agency. --- Indigenous curatorial practice. --- Indigenous people. --- art history. --- art world. --- colonial power. --- colonialism. --- cultural identity. --- cultural representation. --- decolonization. --- exhibitions.
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Ira Aldridge The Last Years, 1855-1867, the fourth volume of Bernth Lindfors's definitive biography, places on record Aldridge's remarkable achievements and experiences in the final phase of his life, when he performed at theaters throughout Europe. His first Continental tour in 1852-1855 had been a spectacular success, and though he returned to Britain periodically afterwards, he spent much of the remainder of his career entertaining audiences in central and eastern Europe, mainly in Ukraine and Russia. His Shakespearean performances in St. Petersburg in 1858 and Moscow in 1862 were among his greatest triumphs and led to numerous appearances elsewhere in provincial cities and towns.During his forty-three years on stage in Europe, Ira Aldridge traveled more widely and wonmore honors, decorations, and awards than any other actor of his day. He is remembered not only as a talented thespian but also as a very visible representative of his race, someone who changed European perceptions of black people through the sheer brilliance of his artistry on stage. And by doing so, he helped to humanize the image of Africans and their descendants in Europe at an important transitional moment in history, when the movement to abolish slavery was gathering force and winning international acceptance. Bernth Lindfors is professor emeritus of English and African literatures at the University of Texas at Austin.
Actors --- African American actors --- African Americans --- Shakespearean actors and actresses --- Black theater --- Theater --- History. --- History --- Aldridge, Ira Frederick, --- Shakespearian actors and actresses --- Actresses --- Afro-Americans --- Black Americans --- Colored people (United States) --- Negroes --- Africans --- Ethnology --- Blacks --- Black people --- 19th Century Europe. --- African-American Actor. --- Biography. --- Civil Rights Movement. --- Cultural Representation. --- European Theater. --- Ira Aldridge. --- Shakespearean Performances. --- Theatrical History.
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'An Equal Burden' is a scholarly study focusing on the men of the ranks of the Royal Army Medical Corps during the First World War. In using official documents, personal narratives, and cultural artefacts, Jessica Meyer offers an in-depth exploration on the men who served in uniform but in a non-combative role.
World War, 1914-1918 --- European War, 1914-1918 --- First World War, 1914-1918 --- Great War, 1914-1918 --- World War 1, 1914-1918 --- World War I, 1914-1918 --- World War One, 1914-1918 --- WW I (World War, 1914-1918) --- WWI (World War, 1914-1918) --- History, Modern --- Medical care --- Great Britain. --- Royal Army Medical Corps (Great Britain) --- RAMC --- History --- Royal Army Medical Corps --- First World War --- masculinity --- non-combatants --- military medicine --- care giving --- gender history --- cultural representation --- World War (1914-1918) --- 1914-1918 --- World War I Period --- Anglia --- Angliyah --- Briṭanyah --- England and Wales --- Förenade kungariket --- Grã-Bretanha --- Grande-Bretagne --- Grossbritannien --- Igirisu --- Iso-Britannia --- Marea Britanie --- Nagy-Britannia --- Prydain Fawr --- Royaume-Uni --- Saharātchaʻānāčhak --- Storbritannien --- United Kingdom --- United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland --- United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland --- Velikobritanii͡ --- Wielka Brytania --- Yhdistynyt kuningaskunta --- Northern Ireland --- Scotland --- Wales
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